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Ansh Tandon

Founder

Founder at Cova

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedCova · YC

About

Ansh Tandon is founder of Cova, a home care platform that connects caregivers with families while managing insurance billing and administrative functions across Medicaid, private pay, and long-term care plans.

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Ansh Tandon @anshtdn

Thrilled to publicly share that https://t.co/Mz3EBtrXuh is a part of YCS26. Home care will be the front line of how our ageing America gets cared for. We’re now licensed and live as a provider in Michigan. https://t.co/tTs8IHBfiG

Jul 1, 2026 · ♥ 10

Ansh Tandon @anshtdn

benchmarking cell segmentation in spatial transcriptomics is so dogshit. we’re still relying on pixel-level accuracy metrics like IoU and NOT shifting the evaluation framework towards biological meaningfulness. for starters why don’t we use silhouette scores on UMAPs?

Apr 22, 2025 · ♥ 4

Ansh Tandon @anshtdn

imagine if we could optimise blood glucose patches to have feedback loops so that dose delivery could be adjusted in real time based on activity intensity. connect to whoop perhaps? super useful for athletes

Aug 28, 2024 · ♥ 5

Founder at CovaYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Ansh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Cova's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Ansh can intro founders to Cova's investors below.

Cova's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Cova

JIJordan Ibe
Jordan IbeFounder

Experience

  1. Cova (YC S26)Foundercurrent2026 — present
  2. Palantir TechnologiesDeployment Strategist2025
  3. CorpusAnalytiXFounder2024 — 2025
  4. Daffodil Health CorpConsultant2024 — 2025
  5. MRC London Institute of Medical SciencesResearcher2021
  6. Oto HealthData Analyst2021

Education

  1. Y Combinator
  2. University of PennsylvaniaBSE + MSE, Bioengineering
  3. St Paul's SchoolSenior Scholar

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

University of Pennsylvania mafia157

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Eric HeilBSEFounded Ladderbio +1Scott Wolf, MDBAFounded Aerin Medical +1Abhijeet DwivediMastersFounded Central +1Ross ChaninB.A.Founded Reputation Com +1Alexander BelangerBachelor's degreeFounded Hatchet +1Brianna LinMathematics and Computer ScienceFounded Copperlane +1

+ 150 more

St Paul's School mafia10

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Leonard PicardoFounded HeliosX +1Axel La PiraFounded Alan +1Aleks HabdankO levels and A levelsFounded iDefigo GroupAndrew NutterFounded GamaKais BaillargeonHigh School DiplomaFounded ResponseAbheek BasuFounded Laudspeaker

+ 3 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended University of Pennsylvania764

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

+ 758 more

Also attended St Paul's School36

Leonard PicardoAdvisor at Manta Ray VenturesSam EndacottPartner at NorthzoneMarcInvestment Team at Hummingbird VenturesMaxim OwenPartner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthConor ScanlanAssociate Partner at Nauta CapitalFabian Burnett SmallInvestor at FELIX CAPITAL

+ 30 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Cova (YC S26)1

Jordan IbeFounder at Cova

Also worked at Palantir Technologies200

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VCTrae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of AndurilViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesBryan OffuttInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 194 more

Also worked at Oto Health3

Kamran AdlePartner at Octopus VenturesEdmund FarrarFounder at OtoGeorge LeidigFounder at Oto